PDF Reader

by sbusso

PDF Reader is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by sbusso in claudeclaw.

193 stars60 forkson sbusso/claudeclawAdded 2026/09/06Repository updated 2026/08/12

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Install PDF Reader

Copy PDF Reader into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/sbusso/claudeclaw/tree/main/skills/add-pdf-reader ~/.claude/skills/add-pdf-reader

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/sbusso/claudeclaw.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/add-pdf-reader/SKILL.md in sbusso/claudeclaw
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/add-pdf-reader
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 2226 skills

What PDF Reader does

PDF Reader adds PDF text extraction to ClaudeClaw agents using pdftotext and pdfinfo. Use it for WhatsApp PDF attachments, PDF URLs, and local files.

PDF Reader is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. PDF Reader comes from a repository tagged agent, agentic-ai, claude-code and openclaw.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Add PDF Reader

Adds PDF reading capability to all container agents using poppler-utils (pdftotext/pdfinfo). PDFs sent as WhatsApp attachments are auto-downloaded to the group workspace.

Phase 1: Pre-flight

Check if agent/skills/pdf-reader/pdf-reader exists — skip to Phase 3 if already applied
Confirm WhatsApp is installed first (skill/whatsapp merged). This skill modifies WhatsApp channel files.

Phase 2: Apply Code Changes

Ensure WhatsApp fork remote

git remote -v

If whatsapp is missing, add it:

git remote add whatsapp https://github.com/qwibitai/claudeclaw-whatsapp.git

Merge the skill branch

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about PDF Reader

What else does sbusso publish alongside PDF Reader?
PDF Reader is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from sbusso/claudeclaw, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add Compact Command, Add Gmail and Add Reactions. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way PDF Reader does, and is maintained by sbusso in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the sbusso/claudeclaw page.
How does PDF Reader compare to other Automation skills?
PDF Reader ranks #1827 by stars among the 2226 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of PDF Reader against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.